Mood is the general atmosphere created by the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader gets from reading those words. It may be the same, or it may change from situation to situation.



Tone is the author’s attitude toward the writing (his characters, the situation) and the readers. A work of writing can have more than one tone. An example of tone could be both serious and humorous. Tone is set by the setting, choice of vocabulary and other details.




link to a list of words that show tone & mood

Great visual that helps connec anddemonstrates the differene between tone & mood!

Mary Poppins Original Movie Trailer- How does this make you feel? What do you think the Author's purpose was when making this?

Now let's change the tone & mood
How does this trailer make you feel? Do you think the movie is the same as the first trailer, why or why not?